Week 19 - Coldest Sacrament Meeting OF MY LIFE

So... Yesterday was church, and we were invited to go with a member to Östersund to visit the members out there and bring them the sacrament. Östersund is like two or three hours away which if you're like me and you like road tripping, that was like Christmas. So we agree. We decided to go on splits with the other Sundsvall Elders so that two of us could stay and sit with any investigators and that the other two could help out Brother Cartunen. So Elder Moss and I got to go. Anyways, we call all the members in Östersund, and none of them will be able to make it... except one. So we decided to just have it at his house. When Jesus talks about leaving the ninety and nine to go after the one, that is exactly what we did. So we arrive at this man's house and quickly realize that the heating elements in his house was either not on or not working. I'ts about 30-35 F in his house and his floor is like ice. We start the meeting and give the sacrament. Then Elder Moss, brother Cartunen and I all give our talks. By this time, we're all shivering and my toes are losing feeling. We close the meeting and Brother Cartunen announces that we will start Sunday School now. The man we went to visit hadn't said a thing about the cold and we were all wondering if he just thought it was normal, so not wanting to be rude, we don't mention it. But in between the two meetings, he says before we start Sunday school with the four of us, he's going to grab his jacket. This was a good enough excuse for me to grab my coat too. After Sunday school we had refreshments with nice cold drinks. We all ate the very Swedish refreshment of toast with caviar and cheese with cinnamon rolls while shivering. It was then that we found out that this man did not normally live like this, but his heater was just not working today, but I'll tell you what, that was by far the coldest sacrament meeting I have ever had. Also the smallest. The man was very touched though. He could really see that we loved him if we were willing to leave the branch to come to the middle of nowhere to minister to him. It was an awesome reminder to me that the Savior ministered to individuals, one by one.

Hope you all have a great week!

          We got our eyebrows done if you couldn't tell. One of the members coming in clutch.